With mainstream award shows such as the Oscars and Grammys garnering much of the home entertainment attention, the grown-up entertainment market has its own shining awards season that rewards excellence in whatever from efficiency to production. Porn awards are to adult films as the Oscars to Hollywood’s best nights honour standout performances of a genuine creative and skilled nature. But how do these awards really work? We go behind the scenes to find out how this can happen and why porn awards are as important a part of the entertainment world as anything else.
1. The Biggest Porn Awards Shows
There are a number of very major award shows in the adult entertainment industry, each with their own distinct feel and types of categories. Porn Awards Some of the top awards for porn would include:
- AVN Awards (Adult Video News Awards): Known as the “Oscars of Porn” the AVN Awards are considered a sort of Adult industry equivalent to any number one award normally given for principal motion pictures.emplace. They take place yearly in Las Vegas and honor adult films in mainstream and niche categories.
- XBIZ Awards: These awards recognize the best in video production, sex toys, and various segments of adult entertainment like no other. It is more general in coverage than the AVN Awards.
- Pornhub Awards: An upstart on the scene, Pornhub awards are a spunky and relatively fresh face in an industry of fans making nominations and deciding who rules the roost.
- Erotic Heritage Museum Awards: These awards happy to focus on the artistic need of adult films and works which represent sexuality in more detailed narrative forms with better expression of art form.
2. Who Decides the Winners?
Porn award shows, however, go in a bunch of different directions: Most mainstream awards programs are decided by judges or industry insiders picking winners and losers.
- As with the Oscars, industry peers vote on AVN and XBIZ awards through panels made up of producers, directors, and performers. Panels of them watch the nominated films and performances, and subsequently vote for winners based on 'standard professional practices' such as acting, writing, production values etc.
- This can be particularly true for the Pornhub Awards and others that are fan voted on. Fans who can cast their vote for their favorite performers, videos and categories online to have a say in the results. So, this fan driven model will increase more audience engagement.
- Often nomination committees: in some cases, the submission count is reviewed by a committee who chooses which ones will advance as official nominations for final voting. This serves to filter out the obscure or poor-quality entries and allow only the best ones to pass through.
3. The Categories: Not Just Best Performer
Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director are interchangeable with mainstream film awards; beyond that, the porn versions look a little different—associated categories reveal the variety of options.
Summary:
- Best Gonzo Movie: The gonzo style works well for adult films, with its often unscripted and very real feel. Recognizing the best in this genre, that is.
- All-Girl Performer of the Year: Girl & Girl Scene, Orgasmic Moments Girl/Girl Series (Best scene featuring a woman and girl together who have sex in an adult movie.
- Best New Starlet (The rising star on her industry), one of the coveted among newcomers to the porn club trying to pin a name for themselves.
- Worst Sex Scene: Those with a twisted imagination and a desire to go to the next level in extreme sex will compete here for outrageousness.
- Best Parody: Adult film parodies have long been a staple of the industry with its porn takes on movies and popular TV shows. Best Parody: This award recognizes the top porn movie parody, frequently based on jokes and homages to the original.
- Best VR Scene: As VR porn has taken off, honors like Best VR Scene reward advancements in technology being done in this unique medium.
4. The Nomination Process
From my experience the nomination process for most porn awards is similar to any other entertainment awards. Films and performances are submitted by producers, directors, or performers for consideration. It often starts with a submission period, where studios and individuals can nominate their work in various categories.
The nomination committee is responsible for viewing submissions in each category, and determining how nominations are selected by AVN (for the AVN Awards) and XBIZ (for the XBIZ awards). This is when performers and production companies campaign vigorously for their submissions, seeking nominations.
By contrast, award shows driven by fans (in the case of the Pornhub Awards your nominations) are submitted online. Here is how much popularity matters: if you have enough followers and fan engagement, you will get a nomination.
5. The Award Shows Themselves
With the performances encapsulated in glitzy award shows, set not just far from primetime television but often in locales like Las Vegas or Los Angeles and accompanied by elaborate red-carpet fanfare pulsing with stars. Similar to major award shows this also gathers popular stars and film moguls with their best outfit on.
The shows are a cavalcade of entertainment, with musical numbers and comedy skits punctuating heartfelt acceptance speeches. The festivity reflects the work of performers, directors and production teams alike, with the industry coming together as one to acknowledge its top talent.
6. What Winning an Award Means
Any major award (Xbiz or AVN) for us, as adult content consumers and fan can also be a career changing moment. Awards also help shine a light on performers, raising their profile, increasing opportunities and allowing them to legitimately ask for more money! Beyond that, winning awards is a legacy-maker for a performer or filmmaker in adult entertainment.
On top of that, awards can alter the course of an entire production company, opening up new possibilities and financial resources for expansive projects or subsequent studio partnerships. Awards such as Best New Starlet can help new performers launch long-term careers.
Conclusion
Though you might not think about porn in the same breath as more mature forms of entertainment, its awards shows can be just as dramatic, cutthroat and important. Whether its fan-voted honors or much-revered industry accolades, porn awards are the ultimate celebration of diversity and creativity in the adult entertainment world. As a viewer, performer or producer the thrill and status associated with these awards ceremonies are an integral aspect of this very machinery of fame for having as a recognition to the crème-of-top people.
